Reliability​/Onsite Project Management

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Georgia-Pacific is currently seeking a Plant Reliability/Project Manager for our Rocky Creek Lumber mill located just south of Monroeville in Frisco City, AL.

The Plant Reliability/Project Manager is responsible for improving the facility's manufacturing performance by reducing machine downtime and unscheduled maintenance through improved equipment reliability. The candidate will lead and support preventative and predictive maintenance programs and provide technical support for troubleshooting to minimize downtime and maximize process efficiencies. In addition, this person will take on a portion of the responsibility of managing both non‑capital and capital projects.

The Reliability/Project Manager will be the on‑site contact for capital projects and will manage small projects for the plant.

The successful candidate will provide leadership and direction to the facility to ensure the team is meeting the objectives in safety, reliability, quality, cost, and customer service. The plant reliability will work with a team of salaried and hourly maintenance professionals as well as corporate technical SMEs to execute on their strategy. It is imperative that the plant reliability be able to prioritize work to achieve long‑term value and be flexible to adjust to ever‑changing conditions.

This person will work closely each day with the Maintenance management team to improve plant uptime and rates.

• Advancing our company culture, Principled Based Management
• Participating and supporting Environmental, Health & Safety excellence. Fostering an environment where safety is a value not just a priority
• Managing reliability improvement initiatives and projects to achieve desired results.
• Developing and implementing a predictive and preventive maintenance strategy to include operator basic care
• Actively participating in design and implementation of Asset Improvement Strategies.
• Working closely with operations leaders to identify/prioritize equipment reliability issues and proactively apply best practices to continuously improve/sustain operational excellence.
• Incorporating Preventive/Predictive Maintenance technologies.
• Acting as a technical resource to share knowledge and gain expertise in improving equipment reliability through application of maintenance strategies
• Managing financial resources and accountability of equipment parts inventory
• Assessing machine conditions by using technical, electrical, and mechanical skills
• Facilitating formal Root‑Cause Analysis on equipment failures and chronic issues to identify root cause(s) and corrective action(s) necessary to prevent recurrence.
• Technical resource to provide knowledge, skills, and experience in design phase of equipment/process upgrades and improvements within cost and other performance requirements

• Ability to lead improvement efforts in reliability, predictive and preventative maintenance.
• Technical skills capable of assessing machine conditions.
• Ability to manage a budget plan and equipment parts inventory.
• Ability to manage Contractors

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering or another related field
• Leadership experience in industrial/manufacturing
• Experience as Reliability Manager or Maintenance Manager
• Experience with Eco sys software
• Experience in capital budgeting & management
• Experience in project management
• Experience with in the lumber industry
• Experience with a CMMS (computerized maintenance management systems)

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